From: Yasushi Shoji Date: 2000-09-20T12:42:19+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:5019] Re: A QuantumSuperposition Proposal for Ruby At Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:10:28 +0900, Dave Thomas wrote: > > > one more thing. IMHO, it's better to use Symbol rather than String > > for @method. > > Even better would be a closure or method object - that method call > gets made in a loop, and it's about 10 times as expensive as invoking > a method object. it is indeed expensive than invoking a method object, but not as expensive as you says. at least not on my box. on my box the ratio is about invoking method object : regular method call : via method send 1 : 1.1 : 1.5 -- yashi